A dull or chipped tub in Richmond Beach does not need a demolition crew. It needs one technician, one day and a sprayed finish that shines.
One number reaches the technician who would hold the gun. The figure comes on the call, not after a visit.
(866) 951-0558The voice on the line belongs to the trade, not to a switchboard reading a script. Two minutes of plain description are enough to price a standard tub.
That old, dingy tub of yours probably looks like it has seen way better days. Fortunately, you do not have to spend a fortune on a dusty, noisy remodeling project to get that sparkling clean feeling back. Our professional local crew specializes in bringing worn-out bathroom fixtures back to life with a fresh, durable surface that looks brand new.
Which means you can save thousands of dollars while still enjoying a pristine space. By choosing this smart updating method, you avoid the headache of dealing with messy tile destruction and long plumbing delays. We want to help you fall in love with your home again, starting with a free estimate today.
First, we meticulously clean the existing cast iron or steel fixture to remove decades of soap scum, hard water deposits, and body oils. This crucial preparation step ensures the new materials bond permanently to the original foundation. If there are any unsightly chips or deep scratches, we patch them up so the final result is completely smooth.
After that, we apply a high-tech bonding agent that acts like a chemical anchor. This proprietary compound fuses the old surface with our premium topcoat. Then we spray on several layers of a specialized acrylic polymer that cures into a rock-hard finish.
This process gives you a brilliant, glossy shine that resists future staining and peeling. Your friends will honestly think you bought a brand new unit from a home improvement warehouse. Plus, you can start using it again in just a couple of days, not weeks.
To help you compare your options, we put together a simple table showing why this approach makes so much sense.
| Restoration Feature | Your Direct Benefit |
|---|---|
| No demolition required | Zero drywall dust and no costly plumbing changes |
| Completed in hours | You get your bathroom back almost immediately |
| Advanced acrylic bonding | A beautiful, long-lasting shine that is easy to clean |
| Fraction of replacement cost | More money stays in your wallet for other home projects |
On top of saving you a mountain of cash, our process is incredibly clean. Think about the nightmare of tearing out a heavy cast iron basin that is locked behind plaster and studs. That dusty chaos can ruin your indoor air quality and stress out your pets.
Our method keeps all the action contained right inside the bathroom. We use powerful ventilation systems to draw fumes outside while we work. Consequently, your home stays peaceful, clean, and perfectly livable throughout the entire process.
This lets you achieve that premium, spa-like cozy feeling without the premium price tag. Everyone deserves a clean place to soak after a long day, and we make that reality accessible. We take pride in our craft and treat your home with the utmost respect.
We love serving this beautiful coastal corner of King County, which sits right on the scenic waters of the Puget Sound. This thriving community of 53,007 residents enjoys a wonderful quality of life, where the median household income reflects a strong, hard-working neighborhood. Whether your home is nestled near the shoreline or up on the hillside, we know the unique plumbing quirks of the older homes in the 98177 area.
Many of these classic residences feature gorgeous, heavy vintage fixtures that are actually much higher quality than the cheap plastic stuff sold today. Preserving these original features is not only smart, but it also maintains the historic character of your property. Our team arrives fully equipped to handle these local treasures with the care they deserve.
Now, you might see those cheap paint-on kits at the local hardware store and think about tackling this as a weekend project. Honestly, those retail kits usually fail within a few months because they lack professional-grade bonding agents. They often peel off in big sheets, leaving you with a worse mess than when you started.
Which is why investing in professional application pays off so handsomely. We use specialized spray equipment and commercial-strength materials that you simply cannot buy at a retail shop. Our skilled technicians have sprayed hundreds of these fixtures, ensuring a flawless, mirror-like finish every single time.
Once we finish our work, keeping that brilliant shine alive is incredibly easy. You just need to avoid abrasive cleaners like bleach powders or harsh scrubbing pads that can scratch the new surface. Instead, a quick wipe down with a mild dish soap or a gentle spray cleaner will keep it looking immaculate.
This simple care routine ensures your investment stays beautiful for up to a decade or more. We even provide you with a detailed care guide so you know exactly how to protect your newly refinished fixture. It really is that simple to enjoy a clean, bright bathroom every single day.
If you are ready to transform your space, we are ready to help. Contact us right now to request your free, no-obligation quote, and let our friendly team show you how affordable a beautiful bathroom can be!
Three quiet stages carry the whole result. They are also the ones nobody sees in the after photo.
Stage 1 of 3
A reglaze fails or lasts on what happens before the gun comes out. The old surface gets scrubbed of soap film and silicone, etched or primed so the new material has something to grip, then wet sanded until it feels like fine paper. Skip any of that and the prettiest coat in the world lets go within a year, which is exactly the story most peeling tubs tell us.
Stage 2 of 3
Chips, rust blooms and worn drain rings are ground back to sound material and rebuilt with polyester filler, then sanded flush until a fingertip cannot find the spot. Coating over damage only photographs well on day one; a repair you cannot feel is what keeps the finish honest for years.
Stage 3 of 3
The topcoat goes on in fine sprayed passes with an extractor pulling air out the window the whole time. Sprayed layers flow together into one even skin, which is why the result reads as gloss rather than as paint. Brushes and rollers leave the texture that gives cheap refinishing its reputation.
Three real ways out of a worn tub. We only do the first one, so the other two columns are simply what we would tell a friend.
| The question | Reglazing in place | Acrylic liner | Full replacement |
|---|---|---|---|
| What a standard tub costs | $350 to $800 | $1,600 to $4,000 | $3,000 to $10,000 once walls and plumbing join in |
| Bathroom out of action | One day, then the cure | Weeks of lead time, then a fitting day | One to two weeks of trades |
| Demolition involved | None at all | None, but the old tub is sealed inside | Walls opened, floor patched, debris hauled |
| Honest life expectancy | Five years and up when cared for | Long, unless water creeps between the shells | Decades |
| Watch out for | Prep shortcuts by cut-rate crews | A spongy feel and hidden moisture | The budget doubling mid-project |
If your tub is cracked through, actively leaking underneath, or you simply want a different fixture, reglazing is the wrong tool, a verdict you will hear on the very first call.
Pass 1
Soap scum, silicone and old wax stripped, then the surface etched or bonded so the coating can bite.
Pass 2
Every ding ground out, filled and sanded flush. The repairs disappear under the coating instead of through it.
Pass 3
Tile, faucet, floor and glass papered off. Overspray lands on masking paper, never on grout or chrome.
Pass 4
Primer, then gloss coats laid on in thin passes until the surface reads as one poured skin.
Pass 5
The finish hardens on its own clock, 24 to 48 hours. We tape the door and leave the tub in peace.
Pass 6
Old caulk goes out with the old finish. A new mildew-resistant bead seals tub to tile on the way out.
A reglazed tub is your old tub wearing a professional coating. That is a fine thing to be, as long as everyone knows it going in.
A sprayed acrylic urethane skin, bonded to prepared porcelain, steel or fiberglass. It is smooth, glossy, warm to the touch and fully waterproof. Done properly it gives five years and more of daily service, and plenty of our tubs sail well past that with nothing but gentle cleaning.
It is not factory enamel fired onto iron at kiln temperatures, and no honest refinisher will tell you otherwise. It can be scratched by grit, dulled by harsh powders and lifted by standing water in a spot where caulk has failed. It is a durable coating, not a new tub, and it is priced like one.
Two minutes
ZIP, what the tub is made of, what bothers you about it. Said out loud it goes faster than typing, and a photo can follow later if the case is odd.
The same call
The technician who would do the work asks his questions and names a firm figure for a standard job, then confirms it in writing before any van is booked.
You set the date
One van, one technician, drop cloths from the front door to the bathroom. Water off for nothing; only the tub is out of service.
Most of that day
Damage filled and sanded, the room masked, extractor running, then the primer and gloss coats go on in thin, even passes.
24 to 48 hours
The finish hardens untouched, the new caulk bead goes in, and you run the first bath knowing exactly what was done and what to expect of it.
| What we quote | Typical range | Reading the number |
|---|---|---|
| Standard bathtub, reglazed complete | $350 - $800 | Clean, etch, repairs, sprayed gloss and fresh caulk. |
| Chip or rust repair alone | $150 - $300 | When the finish is sound and only one wound needs closing. |
| Clawfoot tub, inside and out | $700 - $1,300 | Two surfaces, more masking, and paint-grade feet if you wish. |
| Shower pan or base | $300 - $550 | Same process on the floor you stand on every morning. |
| Caulk renewal with the job | $90 - $180 | Old bead cut out, mildew-resistant line laid in. |
| Small job minimum | around $250 | The van, the materials and the cure time exist even for tiny work. |
Heavy previous coatings that must be stripped, unusual colors and badly pitted iron push a job toward the top of its bracket. The written price reaches you before the van is even loaded, and it holds.
Ventilation is not a courtesy, it is part of the job. The extractor runs from the first solvent wipe to the last sprayed pass, pulling air out the window instead of through your hallway, and the technician wears supplied air even when the household has gone out for the day. By the evening the bathroom smells like a bathroom again.
The materials are the professional two-part systems made for this trade, mixed fresh on site, never the single-can kits sold next to the paint rollers. It is the difference between a finish that cures into a hard skin and one that stays soft enough to peel at the drain within a season, and it is most of the reason our work carries a written workmanship promise against peeling and loss of adhesion.
And the schedule respects the cure. We tell you in writing when the tub goes back into service, 24 hours for most jobs and 48 for the cautious ones, because handing a family a beautiful surface and letting them ruin it that same night helps nobody. If anything in our workmanship lets go early, the technician comes back and makes it right without a discussion about whose fault the water was.
Strong while spraying, gone surprisingly fast. The extractor vents the room to the outside for the whole job around Richmond Beach, so the rest of the home stays livable, and by the next morning the odor has left with the fumes. Pregnant households and bird owners get the frank version of this talk before booking.
Between 24 and 48 hours after the final coat, and the exact time is written on the paperwork you keep. The first bath is not a gamble; it is a date.
Any color. The most common request is retiring an avocado, pink or almond tub to white, and the coating is tinted before it is sprayed, so the new color is in the material rather than painted over it.
Yes. The prep changes, the primer changes, the result reads the same. Fiberglass with soft, flexing spots gets extra reinforcement talk first, because coating a moving floor is how warranties die.
Now the old coating comes fully off, which is honest work we price plainly, and then the job proceeds as if the tub had never been touched. Peeling almost always means the first crew skipped the etch or sprayed over silicone, not that your tub rejects coatings.
Five years is the floor we are comfortable promising out loud, not the ceiling. With soft cleaners, no standing mats and caulk kept sound, these finishes routinely serve a decade. What we refuse to do is whisper twenty and hope you lose our number.
Zoom for the lay of the land; the link lists further down name every community the van reaches from here.
The technician who picks up when you call works these streets, so the ledger below is home turf rather than trivia.
Somewhere under that worn surface is the tub you chose. One day brings it back.
Call (866) 951-0558